SUN photo/Randi Pierce
The Archuleta School District Board of Education swore in two new nonvoting additions to its board Tuesday evening: student representatives Vinny Carranza and Rachel Smith. Both are juniors at Pagosa Springs High School.
By Randi Pierce
The Archuleta School District Board of Education (BOE) grew a little bit Tuesday evening.
For the first time, the BOE welcomed aboard a pair of students who will serve as nonvoting representatives on the board.
On Nov. 10, the BOE interviewed five applicants interested in serving as student representatives: Kiera Su, Vinicio Carranza, Rachel Smith, Hannah Rockensock and Nell Taylor.
The BOE members then individually ranked and reported their rankings to the district.
By Terri Lynn Oldham House
We are at a critical stage in our community’s fight against COVID-19.
Unfortunately, there has been an exponential increase in cases since the end of October. Archuleta County had a total of 69 cumulative cases as of Oct. 31. That number grew to 371 cases as of press time.
That is a whopping 438 percent increase.
And, sadly, there is no indication of this rate of increase slowing down.
The impact of the pandemic is taking its toll. Most of us are increasingly overwhelmed. We are stressed. We are tired. We are weary.
Many of us have lost friends and family to COVID-19.